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2013-04-01
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I was wandering around at Causeway point, trying to find a nice place for lunch to treat my dear Mum. To my surprise, I realize that level 5 has been revamped with more eating outlets. Whoa, I'm simply spoilt for choice man. I did a quick walkaround and the offer at Shabu Sai attracted me the most. For just $14.99++ (weekday lunch), you get a all-you-can-eat Shabu-Shabu & Sukiyaki buffet. The outlet had a nice Japanese setting & plenty of seating available, so it's my choice for the day!- The of
- The offer that attracted meI have been to several steamboat buffets before, but this is definitely the cleanest one I've been to! Their vegetables are placed oh so prettily & neatly on a counter with billowing cold fumes to maintain their freshness. I like the cute little descriptive wooden labels penned in both English & Japanese for the ingredients.
- Cool-looking (pun intended) fresh vegetables
- Tips on how to order for your Shabu-Shabu buffetWe had a choice of 2 different soup bases. I prefer savory to sweet, so I did not order their sukiyaki base. We went for the spicy soup & the tonkotsu shoyu soup. Surprisingly, the spicy soup base (mum's preferred choice) was not really spicy at all and was actually saltier compared to the tonkotsu shoyu (my preferred choice) soup. I think the boiling point for the tonkotsu shoyu soup is lower than the spicy soup base as it tends to boil over much faster than the other. Thankfully, you can adjust the levels of the temperature for the pot. The soup bases were generally tasty although they did not seem to match exactly with my expectations based on the descriptions of the soup bases. You can readily ask for top-up of soup anytime during your meal, and service was prompt.
- The double soup pot
- The various soup bases for topping upWe also chose all 3 kinds of meat available - pork, beef & chicken. They came in nice big black boxes showing the freshly sliced meat. So that's a total of 6 boxes of meat for the 2 of us! There's no free flow of meat but what they provide is already more than enough, in my opinion. The shabu-shabu meat cooked fast & were lovely when dipped into the sauce of your choice.
- Finely sliced pork, beef & chickenAh, did I mention that they have a variety of sauces & condiments for your mixing pleasure? I liked the rich sesame sauce which went well with the meat slices.
- The DIY sauce barThe beef had quite a lot of fat, but if you like your meat that way, then it's good! My diet just went out of the window with the beef. BUT...there's plenty of free-flow vegetables to balance the meal! That's on top of their special pork/beef stuffed in bamboo. That item flies off the counter real fast, but we managed to try the beef one. It's basically minced beef which I found to be too salty. There's ramen noodles & udon noodles available too at the counter. Word of caution: Do not cook your ramen noodles for too long, as mine became too soft.
Wow, we were simply stuffed at the end of our meal, but feeling really satisfied. This is definitely a good deal if you can make it for a weekday lunch. I think it's still worth-it to try at other times of the day even though it's pricier.
Prices are more expensive for dinners & weekends as is the case with most restaurants.
Weekday dinner: $22.99++, Weekend lunch: $19.99++, Weekend dinner: $24.99++
Free-flow drinks at a top-up of $1.99++
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